Our dynamic planet

A near-real-time view of Earth's atmosphere.

Explore satellite views of weather and climate around the world — from global patterns to the storms forming today. Every layer states what it is and when it was observed.

Earth right now

Newest real satellite layers, plus indicators still in development.

Satellite layers · NASA GIBS

Precipitation rate
Latest: 29 Sept 2026, 19:30 UTC
Live: Updated from a connected data source.
Cloud tops, infrared (Himawari)
Latest: 30 Sept 2026, 01:00 UTC
Live: Updated from a connected data source.
True colour (clouds, smoke, dust)
Latest: 29 Sept 2026
Live: Updated from a connected data source.
Sea surface temperature anomaly
Latest: 28 Sept 2026
Live: Updated from a connected data source.
Aerosols (smoke, dust, haze)
Latest: 28 Sept 2026
Live: Updated from a connected data source.

Climate indices

ENSO
El Niño conditions · JJA 2026
+1.80 °CLive: Updated from a connected data source.
IOD
Neutral range · May 2026
+0.15 °CLive: Updated from a connected data source.
MJO
Active · amplitude 1.29 · Western Hemisphere and Africa · 22 Sept 2026
Phase 1Live: Updated from a connected data source.

Open the explorer

Globe: NASA Blue Marble, Black Marble and MODIS cloud composite; the day/night line is computed for the current time. Clouds on the globe are illustrative, not today's weather.

Climate signals

Large-scale modes of variability that shape weather far from where they occur.

Global temperature anomaly

Air temperature vs 1991–2020

Live

+0.9 °C

Daily value · 26 Sept 2026

30-day mean warmer than 100% of the same window in 1991–2020

SST anomaly · 28 Sept 2026 · vs 2003–2014

Daily global mean near-surface air temperature from the ERA5 reanalysis, compared with the same day of 1991–2020. The image shows a related real field: sea surface temperature anomaly.

Why?

Daily global mean 2 m air temperature 16.05 °C on 2026-09-26 (preliminary), ERA5 via Copernicus Climate Pulse. 30-day mean anomaly +0.84 °C.

ERA5 · Copernicus Climate Pulse

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ENSO

El Niño–Southern Oscillation

Live

+1.80 °C

El Niño conditions · JJA 2026

Coupled ocean–atmosphere variability in the tropical Pacific, commonly tracked with the Oceanic Niño Index (Niño 3.4 SST anomaly).

Why?

Oceanic Niño Index: 3-month mean Niño-3.4 SST anomaly. CPC's thresholds are ±0.5 °C; an official El Niño or La Niña episode needs five overlapping seasons past the threshold.

NOAA Climate Prediction Center · Oceanic Niño Index (ERSSTv5)

Learn about ENSO

IOD

Indian Ocean Dipole

Live

+0.15 °C

Neutral range · May 2026

Baseline not stated by the provider (NOAA PSL) — pending verification.

The difference in sea surface temperature anomaly between the western and south-eastern tropical Indian Ocean (Dipole Mode Index).

Why?

Dipole Mode Index from HadISST1.1 via NOAA PSL, a monthly series published with a lag of a few months. BoM uses ±0.4 °C as event thresholds.

NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory · Dipole Mode Index (HadISST1.1)

Learn about IOD

MJO

Madden–Julian Oscillation

Live

Phase 1

Active · amplitude 1.29 · Western Hemisphere and Africa · 22 Sept 2026

An eastward-moving pulse of tropical convection and circulation that recurs every 30–60 days, tracked with the RMM index (phase and amplitude).

Why?

Real-time Multivariate MJO index (RMM) from the Bureau of Meteorology. Amplitude ≥ 1 is conventionally treated as an active MJO; the phase gives where its enhanced convection sits.

Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) · Real-time Multivariate MJO index (RMM)

Cloud tops over the Maritime Continent, where MJO convection is often strongest.

Learn about MJO

Active tropical cyclones

Name, basin and maximum sustained wind

Live

Storm	Basin	Wind	Last fix (UTC)
Hurricane Nolo	Central Pacific	90 kt167 km/h	29 Sept, 18:00
Tropical Storm Rachel	Eastern Pacific	60 kt111 km/h	29 Sept, 18:00
Hurricane Polo	Eastern Pacific	60 kt111 km/h	29 Sept, 18:00
Tropical Storm Hanna	North Atlantic	40 kt74 km/h	28 Sept, 15:00
Super Typhoon Surigae	Western Pacific	40 kt74 km/h	29 Sept, 18:00
Hurricane Odalys	Eastern Pacific	40 kt74 km/h	27 Sept, 18:00
Tropical Storm Gonzalo	North Atlantic	35 kt65 km/h	26 Sept, 21:00
Tropical Storm Fay	North Atlantic	30 kt56 km/h	27 Sept, 21:00

Source: NASA EONET, compiled from JTWC and NOAA NHC advisories · checked 30 Sept 2026, 02:06 UTC

Extreme heat regions

Areas above a local percentile threshold

Unavailable

Region	Max	Anomaly
No heat analysis connected yet.

Needs daily gridded temperature and a documented percentile threshold.

Extreme rainfall regions

Largest accumulations over the past 7 days

Unavailable

Region	Total	Driver
No rainfall ranking computed yet.

Planned from GPM IMERG accumulations; the precipitation layer above is already real.

Where the ocean is unusual today

Real sea surface temperature anomaly maps for regions that steer weather. Imagery only — no ranking or score is computed.

Live

Central equatorial Pacific
Where El Niño and La Niña are measured.
Western Pacific warm pool
Fuel for tropical cyclones and monsoon rain.
Tropical Indian Ocean
East–west contrasts here define the Indian Ocean Dipole.
North Atlantic
Warm water feeds hurricanes and European weather.
Mediterranean Sea
Marine heatwaves here affect rainfall and ecosystems.

GHRSST MUR · 28 Sept 2026 · vs 2003–2014Blue: cooler than the 2003–2014 average · Red: warmer

Full-disk natural-colour photograph of Earth taken by NASA's EPIC camera on 27 Sept 2026, 04:35 UTC — Image: NASA EPIC Team / DSCOVR

Earth, photographed

Not a render: a real photograph of the whole sunlit side of Earth.

NASA's EPIC camera on the DSCOVR spacecraft, about 1.5 million km from Earth at the Sun–Earth L1 point.

Captured: 27 Sept 2026, 04:35 UTC
Camera distance: 1,579,000 km
Centre of the disc: 5.4°N, 106.4°E

EPIC photographs the full sunlit disc several times a day. Images reach the public archive about one to three days later, so this is the newest available view, not a live one.

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Atmospheric layers

Most weather happens in the lowest layer. Heights are typical values and vary with latitude and season.

Thermosphere
≈ 85 – 600 km
Very thin air heated by solar radiation; aurorae occur here.
Mesosphere
≈ 50 – 85 km
Temperature falls with height; most meteors burn up here.
Stratosphere
≈ 12 – 50 km
Contains the ozone layer; temperature rises with height, which suppresses vertical mixing.
Troposphere
0 – ≈ 12 km
Where clouds, rain and almost all weather occur. Thicker near the equator (≈ 16–18 km) than at the poles (≈ 8 km).

Active events

Atmospheric events currently in progress.

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Tropical cycloneLive

Tropical Storm Hanna

28 Sept 2026North Atlantic

Tracked by NASA EONET from NOAA National Hurricane Center advisories. Latest position 36.6°N, 50.4°W at 2026-09-28 15:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 40 kt.

Tropical cycloneLive

Tropical Storm Rachel

27 Sept 2026Eastern Pacific

Tracked by NASA EONET from Joint Typhoon Warning Center and NOAA National Hurricane Center advisories. Latest position 15.7°N, 105.4°W at 2026-09-29 18:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 60 kt.

Tropical cycloneLive

Tropical Storm Gonzalo

25 Sept 2026North Atlantic

Tracked by NASA EONET from NOAA National Hurricane Center advisories. Latest position 19.3°N, 23.3°W at 2026-09-26 21:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 35 kt.

Tropical cycloneLive

Hurricane Nolo

24 Sept 2026Central Pacific

Tracked by NASA EONET from Joint Typhoon Warning Center advisories. Latest position 21.0°N, 164.2°W at 2026-09-29 18:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 90 kt.

Tropical cycloneLive

Super Typhoon Surigae

23 Sept 2026Western Pacific

Tracked by NASA EONET from Joint Typhoon Warning Center advisories. Latest position 29.6°N, 136.7°E at 2026-09-29 18:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 40 kt.

Tropical cycloneLive

Hurricane Polo

21 Sept 2026Eastern Pacific

Tracked by NASA EONET from EO and Joint Typhoon Warning Center and NOAA National Hurricane Center advisories. Latest position 28.0°N, 110.6°W at 2026-09-29 18:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 60 kt.

Tropical cycloneLive

Tropical Storm Fay

20 Sept 2026North Atlantic

Tracked by NASA EONET from NOAA National Hurricane Center advisories. Latest position 28.9°N, 44.0°W at 2026-09-27 21:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 30 kt.

Tropical cycloneLive

Hurricane Odalys

20 Sept 2026Eastern Pacific

Tracked by NASA EONET from Joint Typhoon Warning Center and NOAA National Hurricane Center advisories. Latest position 22.7°N, 123.2°W at 2026-09-27 18:00 UTC, maximum sustained wind 40 kt.

WildfireFixture

Demo Wildfire Season

1 May 2026North America

Fixture fire-weather event used to design active-fire and smoke context modules.

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Active tropical cyclones · Extreme heat regions · Extreme rainfall regions

Active tropical cyclones

Extreme heat regions

Extreme rainfall regions

Where the ocean is unusual today

Central equatorial Pacific

Western Pacific warm pool

Tropical Indian Ocean

North Atlantic

Mediterranean Sea

Earth, photographed

Atmospheric layers

Active events